Entrevistas

1. Memories of childhood in Peru

2. Forcibly deported to the U.S. from Peru

3. Food on the ship to the U.S.

4. Family welcomed at Crystal City

5. First meal at Crystal City

6. Enjoying undokai and sports in Crystal City

7. Postwar sponsorship (Inglês)

8. Immersed in Japanese culture and language

9. Proud of his Japanese, American, and Peruvian identity

Naganuma,Jimmy

(n. 1936) Japonês peruano encarcerado em Crystal City

First meal at Crystal City

The first thing I recognized was a can of plum or fruit with syrup in juice, and I just took a couple of those. And it tasted so good, I never ate anything like that. Few more, and I waited to be given our meal. So when we got our meal, I don't know what it was, either French fries or potatoes somehow. And everybody was using ketchup, so I used it. That was the first time I had ketchup, and it was so good, I tell you. To this day I use ketchup on almost anything that I eat.

Campo de concentração de Crystal City Acampamentos do Departamento de Justiça comida Texas Estados Unidos da América Segunda Guerra Mundial Campos de concentração da Segunda Guerra Mundial

Data: September 20, 2019

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Tom Ikeda and Yoko Nishimura

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum and Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project.

Entrevistados

Jimmy Naganuma nasceu em Callao, Peru, em 1936, de pais Isseis. Ele tinha oito anos quando sua família foi forçada a embarcar em um navio para serem encarcerados em Crystal City, Texas, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Eles permaneceram lá, mesmo depois que a guerra terminou, sem um lugar para ir. Eles puderam sair por meio de um reverendo em São Francisco, Califórnia, onde conseguiram emprego e moradia.